I once saw Mandy Patinkin in a one man concert. At one point he brought a man from the audience up on the stage. Naturally Mandy asked him his name. I instantly died with regret that he had not chosen me cuz, in all honesty, I would have had the chutzpah and nerve to say...(you know it). I think it would have brought the house down. Ah the opportunities in life one misses.

I watched it plenty of times when I was a kid. I bought the previous Blu-ray release, though, and I still haven't watched it. I'm weird actually have a collection of different releases of both the book and the movie. As far as the movie, I have a couple of laserdisc versions, a PSP UMD, foreign DVD and VHS versions.... I'm sure I'll pick up the new Blu-ray, too, so I don't break the streak.

When I finally get my basement done, I'm hoping to have more movie parties, and The Princess Bride should certainly be one of the ones I show.

For those of you who haven't watched it, I think it holds up. When Ian and wuz a-courtin' it was one of those "You've never seen it? I can't possibly marry you until you do!" movies I made him watch and he really enjoyed it. It's not too late! Party at CV's!

. . . and in case you're wondering, he had me watch The Great Escape . . . a classic that also stood the test of time.

I don't remember why he brought up a member of the audience , so it must not have made much of an impression on me. However, it was quite a few years ago and I can't remember what I had for dinner last night.